The safety of treadmill exercise stress testing in patients with abdominal aortic aneurysms

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 129, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 628-631

  Best, Patricia J ^a   Tajik, A Jamil ^a   Gibbons, Raymond J ^a   Pellikka, Patricia A ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREADMILL ERGOMETRY;

EID: 0032532686     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-129-8-199810150-00008     Document Type: Article

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